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Online registration for the 2012 Loppet is now open!

Hovering around the picnic tables on a Thursday afternoon, the Loppet Adventure Camp counselors were savoring their last few moments and morsels of lunch before resuming afternoon activities. The 30 minute break was a much needed repose for the 12 young...

Even the crystal blue skies and summer sun could not have beamed brighter than the faces on the Anwatin Ski Team. With medals catching the morning rays and wide grinned smiles to boot, half of the Anwatin Ski Team was walking away from the Birch Bump...

Ingrid Remak “This week we had a unique happening at Adventure Camp. An event took place that has never taken place at this summer camp before,” Loppet Program Coach John Swain announced as he paused a moment to pull a pair of unique certificates from...

Six hours later, a sweaty and exhausted Raequan walked into the office. He tossed off his helmet and headed straight for the couch where he plopped down and immediately sank into the cushions. I swiveled around in my office chair and exclaimed with...

Ever since the wintry rolling hills of Wirth have given way to summer greens, the Anwatin Ski Team has been sweating it out in summer training mode. Beginning with a season kick-off barbeque in April, the Anwatin skiers have been out exploring Wirth…on...

A day (mostly) without rain – hard to come by this year. The 2011 event was one of the best ever. More than 500 competitors gathered at the North Beach of Lake Calhoun. Kayakers, canoeists, and even stand-up paddlers headed off at 9 a.m., on their...

For the first time in several years it appears that the Tri-Loppet will happen on (almost) the full course. There is high water in the Chain of Lakes and little in the way of weeds along the way. (Remember – the paddle now starts at the North Beach on...

On-line registration for the Tri-Loppet is now closed. Last-minute registration is Friday evening from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Wirth Chalet (1301 Theodore Wirth Parkway – Plymouth Avenue and Wirth Parkway – between Golden Valley Road and Highway 55 on Wirth...

After a week of (very) hard work, the Conservation Corps and the Park Board finished initial clearing of most of the paths in Wirth Park. This means that it will now be possible for runners and bikers to make it through the UCare City of Lakes Tri-Loppet...